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2009 compilation album by Buddy Holly
Down the Line: Rarities is a 2009
compilation album of
American singer–songwriter and
rock and roll pioneer
Buddy Holly 's
alternate takes and
demos . It includes the original
undubbed "garage tapes" with
The Crickets and the "
Apartment Tapes ", which were recorded in the months before his death. Along with
Memorial Collection , this album was released a week prior to the 50th anniversary of Holly's death (February 3, 1959) on January 27, 2009.
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The compilation album chronicles Holly's journey from a 13-year-old novice (the album features his very first recording, a cover of Hank Snow's "My Two-Timin' Woman") in
Lubbock, Texas through to his early recordings with The Crickets and unsuccessful contract with
Decca Records to his recordings in
New York after signing with
Coral Records .
Track listing
Disc one Title Writer(s) Artist 1. "My Two-Timin' Woman"
Hank Snow 2:15 2. "Footprints In the Snow" traditional Buddy & Bob 1:20 3. "Flower of My Heart" Don Guess,
Bob Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:36 4. "Door to My Heart" Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:23 5. "Soft Place In My Heart" Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:16 6. "Gotta Get You Near Me Blues" Montgomery Buddy & Bob 1:53 7. "I Gambled My Heart" Holly, Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:43 8. "You and I Are Through" Holly, Montgomery Buddy & Bob 2:05 9. "Down the Line" Holly, Montgomery,
Norman Petty Buddy & Bob 2:03 10. "
Baby Let's Play House "
Arthur Gunter 2:28 11. "Moonlight Baby (Baby, Wont You Come Out Tonight)" Holly 1:58 12. "I Guess I Was Just A Fool" Holly 2:19 13. "Don't Come Back Knockin'" Holly, Parrish 2:00 14. "Love Me" Holly, Parrish 1:53 15. "Gone" Rogers Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:12 16. "Gone" (alternate take) Rogers Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:16 17. "Have You Ever Been Lonely" Brown, DeRose Buddy Holly & The Crickets 0:53 18. "Have You Ever Been Lonely" (alternate take) Brown, DeRose Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:18 19. "
Brown Eyed Handsome Man "
Chuck Berry Buddy Holly & The Crickets 2:08 20. "
Good Rockin' Tonight "
Roy Brown Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:57 21. "
Rip It Up "
Robert Blackwell ,
John Marascalco Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:25 22. "
Blue Monday "
Fats Domino ,
Dave Bartholomew Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:57 23. "
Honky Tonk "
Billy Butler , Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott,
Shep Shepherd Buddy Holly & The Crickets 3:26 24. "
Blue Suede Shoes "
Carl Perkins Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:52 25. "
Shake, Rattle and Roll "
Charles E. Calhoun Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:21 26. "
Bo Diddley "
Ellas McDaniel Buddy Holly & The Crickets 2:20 27. "
Ain't Got No Home "
Henry Buddy Holly & The Crickets 2:01 28. "Holly Hop" Holly Buddy Holly & The Crickets 1:36 Total length: 54:54
Disc two Title Writer(s) 1. "Last Night" Mauldin, Petty 1:56 2. "
Not Fade Away " (partial alternate overdub)
Charles Hardin , Petty 2:23 3. "
Peggy Sue " (alternate take)
Jerry Allison , Holly, Petty 2:32 4. "
Oh, Boy! "
Sonny West ,
Bill Tilghman , Petty 2:09 5. "That's My Desire" (two false starts and master) Kresa, Loveday 4:11 6. "Take Your Time" (false start and partially undubbed take) Holly, Petty 3:32 7. "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take) Leglaire, Linsley, Petty 2:30 8. "Fool's Paradise" (master) Leglaire, Linsley, Petty 2:32 9. "Fool's Paradise" (alternate take #2) Leglaire, Linsley, Petty 2:33 10. "Think It Over" (false start and rehearsel take - take 1) Allison, Holly, Petty 2:13 11. "Think It Over" (alternate take - take 2) Allison, Holly, Petty 1:51 12. "Think It Over" (master - take 3) Allison, Holly, Petty 1:51 13. "Love's Made A Fool of You" Holly, Montgomery 2:04 14. "
That'll Be the Day " (greetings to Bob Thiele) Holly, Allison, Petty 0:35 15. "That'll Be the Day" (greetings to Murray Deutsch) Holly, Allison, Petty 0:32 16. "That's What They Say" Holly 1:52 17. "What to Do" Holly 1:54 18. "
Peggy Sue Got Married " Holly 1:50 19. "That Makes It Tough" Holly 2:17 20. "
Crying, Waiting, Hoping " Holly 1:52 21. "Learning the Game" Holly 1:34 22. "Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie" Sterling, Vontilzer 1:14 23. "
Slippin' and Slidin' " (slow version #1)
Edwin Bocage , Al Collins,
Richard Penniman , James Smith 3:11 24. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (slow version #2) Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith 3:35 25. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (fast version) Bocage, Collins, Penniman, Smith 1:27 26. "Buddy and Maria Elena Talking In Apartment" 3:28 27. "Dearest" (fragment) Baker, McDaniel, Polk 1:13 28. "Dearest" Baker, McDaniel, Polk 1:53 29. "Untitled Instrumental" Holly 1:20 30. "Love Is Strange" Baker, Smith 1:43 31. "
Smokey Joe's Cafe "
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 2:14 Total length: 1:06:01
Reception
In an interview with the
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal , Holly's eldest brother Larry Holley commented before hearing both this album and the Memorial Collection , "
María [Elena Holly] told me I was definitely going to just break down and cry when I hear all these CDs, because they've cleaned them (the songs) all up and Buddy's music never has come across so pure before."
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